S01 E02 - Trouble at Tresendar Manor Part 2

Synopsis
The Dames continue their search for the missing Banik Brothers in this original adventure by DM Kat Kruger. Think they'll find more traps? Yeah. . . I'd put my money on that, too.

From Within the Crypt
The Dames find themselves in a hallway leading to a set of double doors beneath the manor. Riot Bonezerker starts by cutting away the burning net that fell on her at the end of the last episode. This net was also crafted by Sniv's Traps and Tunnels.

They continue toward the door, which Rose Lao checks for traps. In the room they come across three human skeletons dressed in rusty mail collapsed around what appears to be the Tresendar crypt. Three coffins are around the room and the lids depict noble warriors; two are completely open and one is slightly ajar. Looking into the open coffins, Nevar Moor determines they appear to have belonged to the people depicted on the lids based on the remains.

When Rose investigates the skeletal remains on the floor, she hears something moving in the ajar coffin as well as labored breathing followed by a small yelp. Riot walks over and kicks the lid to the side and something from within the coffin screams—it's a gnome!

Davver Banik, one of the missing gnomes, claims that a terrible monster had attacked him the previous night. He and his brothers found a secret door that led to a strange cavern where a monster came out of the depths. The Dames ask Davver to bring them to the secret door and he just asks that they help protect him as he is terrified to go back.

Before heading to the secret door, Riot goes to the other door in the room, but not before tossing a chet at it. When she peers in, it smells of wood shavings and she sees locked pens with giant weasels in them; riding gear is stacked against the wall.

The Secret Door
When the Dames arrive at the secret door, Riot tosses the chet at it but nothing happens. However, when Riot opens the door, she notices that the door is attached to a wire and pulley system which, in turn, is connected to a jar. The jar is propelled upward as the door opens and, as it smashes into the ceiling, a swarm of centipedes crawls out. Riot is now covered in centipedes. After several attempts to get rid of them, Nevar finishes them off with chill touch. There is a card that says "Sniv's Traps and Tunnels" in the centipede corpses.

They are in a long, narrow hallway with a door at the end that has a sign that reads "Employees Only." Riot uses the chet to test the door but nothing happens. When they try the door, it is locked. Davver points out that there is a secret door on the other side where muddy boot prints disappear into what seems to be a wall. He notes that behind the door is a storage area that opens up into a cavern, which is where he believes the dragon lives.

Chet is thrown at the door once again and nothing happens. When Davver sees this, he promises to the Dames that he will bake them some bread when they get back into Phandalin. They walk into the storage area where barrels and crates line the walls and hare and squirrel meat is curing on hooks that hang from the ceiling. Behind one of the crates is Bilnan Banik, one of the missing Banik brothers.

Nevar sends Quoth out ahead and he sees a large lizard-like creature down in the crevasse. A guard rail lines the crevasse and a single work boot is lodged beneath one of the rails. She relays the information to Riot and Rose.

PCs

 * Nevar Moor played by Essie Hollman
 * Riot Bonezerker played by Jen Vaughn
 * Rose Lao played by Meris Mullaley

NPCs

 * Bilnan Banik, Gnome
 * Davver Banik
 * Sildar Hallwinter played by Brittni Liyanage

Visited

 * Phandalin
 * Tresendar Manor

Quotes

 * "Sniv!!" - Nevar Moor (3:11)
 * "This is pretty good branding for a company I've never heard of before and the town council is completely unaware of." - Sildar Hallwinter (3:28)
 * "What's the AC on a piece of bread?" - Kat Kruger (5:22)
 * "Where are you all standing right now?" - Kat Kruger; "Probably on a trap." - Sildar Hallwinter (8:16)
 * "Davver. Huh, that's kinda funny because you're where a cadaver would sleep." - Riot Bonezerker (12:55)
 * "I'm sure he has instincts!" - Rose Lao (47:52)

Trivia

 * The Dungeon Master, Kat Kruger, came up with all the Banik brothers' names off the top of her head
 * Quoth makes his first attack